To read the news lately, certain folks in the U.S. military, the CIA and Congress should probably pay attention to new research that suggests the hormone oxytocin may promote fidelity within monogamous relationships.

The best way to maintain fidelity in a relationship is to communicate. Both partners have to learn to trust each other, and they have to be open and honest about their feelings and desires. If partners start keeping secrets or they don't really trust each other, then that is fertile ground for infidelity to occur. If the relationship can't be saved and partners don't want to commit to each other anymore, than it's usually best to end the relationship first, so each person is free to pursue other options.

And then, in responding to a caller, Fischer that fidelity in gay relationships "just doesn't happen" and that it is common for gay men to have 500-1000 partners in their lifetimes:

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"Add this pattern of results to the lowest published rate of infidelity in dating relationships — 14 percent — and it becomes pretty clear that folks are engaging in some fairly risky wishful thinking," they wrote.

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Marriage Infidelity Statistics

Data

Percent of marriages where one or both spouses admit to infidelity, either physical or emotional

41 %

Percent of men who admit to committing infidelity in any relationship they’ve had

57 %

Percentage of women who admit to committing infidelity in any relationship they’ve had

54 %

Percent of married men who have strayed at least once during their married lives

22 %

Percent of married women who have strayed at least once during their married lives

14 %

Percentage of men and women who admit to having an affair with a co-worker

36 %

Percentage of men and women who admit to infidelity on business trips

35%

Percentage of men and women who admit to infidelity with a brother-in-law or sister-in-law

17 %

Average length of an affair

2 years

Percentage of marriages that last after an affair has been admitted to or discovered

31 %

Percentage of men who say they would have an affair if they knew they would never get caught

74 %

Percentage of women who say they would have an affair if they knew they would never get caught